etry_.
Egyptian Taskmaster. 137 H.T.
"Not a hard 'taskmaster,' ever on the watch to
see that we are always at our brickmaking, but a
Deliverer, who can bring us forth out of the
'land of bondage' and lead us through the
wilderness of difficulty onward to the Promised
Land."
--_T. Campbell Finlayson_.
The Everlasting Hills. 394 S.A.
"Changeless march the stars above,
Changeless morn succeeds to even;
And the everlasting hills
Changeless watch the changeless heaven."
--_Kingsley, Saint's Tragedy_.
Faith and Works. 428 S.A.
"Wi' sappy unction, has he burkes
The hopes O' men that trust in works."
--_Stevenson, A Lowden Sabbath Morn_.
The Fall of Jericho. 287 H.T.
"Toppling down the walls of his own Jericho."
--_Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia_.
Fallen among Thieves. 88 L.J.
"Certain only that he has been, and is, a
Pilgrim and Traveler from a far Country; more or
less footsore and travel-soiled; has parted with
road companions; fallen among thieves," etc.
--_Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, Book I, Chapter II_.
Fed by Ravens. 114 T.J.
"One was the Tishbite
Whom the ravens fed."
--_Tennyson, The Palace of Art_.
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Feet of Clay. 188 T.J.
"And judge all nature from her feet of clay."
--_Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien_.
Fight the Good Fight. 503 H.T.
"Well hast thou fought
The better fight, who single hast maintain'd
Against revolted multitudes the cause
Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms."
--_Milton, Paradise Lost_.
The Finger of God. 158 H. T.
"She went first to the best adviser, God--
Whose finger unmistakably was felt
In all this retribution of the past."
--_Browning, The Ring and the Book_.
The Firmament Showeth His Handiwork. 30 S.A.
"The spacious firmament on high
With all the blue ethereal sky
And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their Great Original proclaim."
--_Joseph Addison_.
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